This chapter explores modern methods of interacting with the dead that move beyond burial and cremation, reflecting broader shifts in societal values toward individuality and personalized memorialization. It examines alternative body disposal techniques such as body composting, as well as emerging practices like body donation, display, and pre-planned memorial services, including living funerals. These practices are framed as responses to the deritualized nature of contemporary life, offering new ways to express grief, honor identity, and shape the relationship between the living and the dead. The chapter highlights how these changes in death rituals are particularly shaped by the Baby Boomer generation’s experiences with major social movements and mass death events such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the 9/11 attacks, which led to the creation of new mourning practices. Additionally, it contrasts these shifts with the perspectives of younger generations, such as Gen Z, who tend to find meaning in more traditional forms of memorialization. The chapter underscores the ongoing evolution of death rituals and memorial practices as they adapt to both personal desires and societal transformations. Specific practices explored include the role of funeral preplanning, living funerals, body donation as a mortuary process, and body composting.